AEP unit to add pollution equipment at Arkansas coal plant

July 10, 2013|Reuters

HOUSTON, July 10 (Reuters) - American Electric Power Co's Arkansas utility unit said on Wednesday it obtainedstate regulatory approval to install new pollution controlequipment at the 528-megawatt Flint Creek coal-fired power plantin Arkansas to comply with more stringent federal emissionregulations.

The plant is jointly owned by AEP's Southwestern ElectricPower Co (SWEPCO) and the Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corplocated in Gentry, Ark.

U.S. power companies facing stricter pollution limits haveshut more than 15,000 megawatts of coal-fired generation since2009 and plan to shut or convert dozens of other plants over thenext decade.